Quotes

Notable Quote – Alexis De Tocqueville

It may easily be foreseen that almost all the able and ambitious members of a democratic community will labor without ceasing to extend the powers of government, because they all hope at some time or other to wield those powers. … Centralization will be the natural government.” -Alexis De Tocquivelle (“Democracy in America”) And here … Read more

Budgets

“Who serves whom?  Do the Townsfolk Serve their Employees?”

As I wrote here: “who serves whom?  Do the townfolk serve their employees?” Let that set the table for this. It’s not quite a Tale from the BudComm but it has financial ramifications. If it passes. There will be a petition warrant on my hamlet’s ballot which would move the Second Session (the actual voting) … Read more

Budgets

Tales from the BudComm – Coerced charity is not charity

“We can legally do it – but is a simple majority vote to give your property tax monies to a charity that you otherwise would not actually moral?” Every year since I’ve been politically active and paying attention, “outside agencies” keep coming to my hamlet to get the townfolk to give them money.  No, not … Read more

Education Funding? You’re all concentrating on the wrong thing (Parts 1 & 2)

“Taxpayers should be funding public benefits and not private enrichment. At the Northwood Community Center, Ian Underwood gave a presentation on educational funding that basically told the audience that we were thinking about the wrong thing. Much of the debate in NH (and elsewhere) always has money at the forefront – instead, we ought to … Read more

Notable Quote – Vernon Smith

At the heart of economics is a scientific mystery: How is it that the pricing system accomplishes the world’s work without anyone being in charge? Like language, no one invented it. None of us could have invented it, and its operation depends in no way on anyone’s comprehension or understanding of it. Somehow, it is … Read more

Wall vs Medicare for all

Progressives – counting the pennies, not the Benjamins

Of course they want Medicare for all – by eliminating ALL private insurance plans, you’ll never know how many of your Benjamins are going into that Democrat truck. So not only do they get your money but you WILL be totally dependent on the Federal government.  Healthcare ISN’T their aim; it IS that you will … Read more

Democrats helped to fund a 500M Wall - in Jordan

Do you know WHERE the Democrats agreed to build a Wall?

Yep.  So one of two things is true: either the Democrats have no problem in blowing $500 million of your hard earned money on something that doesn’t work Or the Democrats DO believe that Walls work. So which is it?  I think they’re two faced about funding and building OUR Wall. Very much so. Me?  I think … Read more

HTTPS internet web address

Funny, I didn’t die because of the illegal reclassification of the Internet

I didn’t die because of the illegal reclassification of the Internet by the Obama dominated FCC. They changed it from an information service (unregulated) to a telecommunications one (regulated back in 1936). Changing it back again was supposed to result in all of us DYING (emphasis mine, reformatted)! Net neutrality mania was so intense that … Read more

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